I'm not letting you come to any end, gruesome or otherwise, without a fight. [He says it immediately, but his body language is less certain. He hesitates at the edge of the water, slipping his bo staff back into its holster for the moment so it won't hit anything during the dive.]

With the masks and respirators on, switching to telepathy is definitely easier, but man is this weird... [He pushes the mask up over his eyes anyway, which just looks silly with his existing mask.

Better try it out. He refocuses those nodules that URSULA added to his mind.]

It's going to take awhile to get used to this. The technology must be incredible! [He wonders how much of his thoughts his swimming partner is going to hear - maybe all of them. That's disquieting.]